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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
848 PM EDT SUN OCT 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.
* AT 848 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TENNESSEE
REEF LIGHT, MOVING WEST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT, EAST TURTLE SHOAL LIGHT, AND EAST WASHERWOMAN
SHOAL LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 2480 8072 2455 8059 2440 8098 2468 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 070DEG 17KT 2464 8080
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
RG
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